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  • Hezbollah leader says ‘opening’ is on the horizon 29 Nov 2025

    Hezbollah leader says ‘opening’ is on the horizon

    Hezbollah Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem said in a message to Basij (volunteer) groups on the anniversary of its establishment on Wednesday that despite intensifying crises, “an opening is on the horizon” and the cycle of US-Israeli aggression would eventually come to an end.

UK Health Workers Slam Government over Protection Shortages 18 Apr 2020

UK Health Workers Slam Government over Protection Shortages

Doctors and health workers criticized the UK government Saturday for suggesting that there are shortages of protections and gowns for treating patients.

COVID-19 Outbreak Started before Wuhan? 18 Apr 2020

COVID-19 Outbreak Started before Wuhan?

The COVID-19 may have first passed to humans somewhere in southern China months before the outbreak in the city of Wuhan, a new study found.

WHO: COVID-19 Survivors Not Having Immunity 18 Apr 2020

WHO: COVID-19 Survivors Not Having Immunity

There is no evidence that people who have recovered from COVID-19 have immunity to the disease, the WHO said.

US Congress Considering Voting by Mail 18 Apr 2020

US Congress Considering Voting by Mail

US Congress is scrambling for ways to safeguard the November 3 elections amid the coronavirus pandemic, one way is voting by mail.

US: COVID-19 Cases Top 700,000, over 37,000 Deaths 18 Apr 2020

US: COVID-19 Cases Top 700,000, over 37,000 Deaths

US COVID-19 cases reached 710,021 early on Saturday after many states reported their figures. Deaths also soared to 37,158.

IMF sees a decade of no growth in Latin America 18 Apr 2020

IMF sees a decade of no growth in Latin America

IMF said the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, combined with other problems in recent years, meant Latin America and the Caribbean would likely see ‘no growth’ in the decade from 2015 to 2025.

UN: At least 300,000 Africans may die with COVID-19 18 Apr 2020

UN: At least 300,000 Africans may die with COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic will likely kill at least 300,000 Africans and risks pushing 29 million into extreme poverty, the UN agency in Africa says.

Philippines’ Duterte Threatens Martial Law-Like Virus Crackdown 17 Apr 2020

Philippines’ Duterte Threatens Martial Law-Like Virus Crackdown

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte (pix) has threatened a martial law-like crackdown to stop people flouting a virus lockdown in the nation’s capital.

Australia to Keep COVID-19 Curbs 16 Apr 2020

Australia to Keep COVID-19 Curbs

Australia will retain COVID-19 curbs on public movement for at least four more weeks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Thursday.

WHO: Europe Still in Center of Coronavirus Storm 16 Apr 2020

WHO: Europe Still in Center of Coronavirus Storm

"We remain in the eye of the storm," WHO regional director for Europe, Hans Kluge, told a news conference, noting that about half of worldwide confirmed cases were in Europe.